The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

d with the party who carried Ganbrell home
It went as far as President street, and the
= went to Stewards drug store. Put the pisto
q in my pocket when Hamilton gave il 10 me
and had to holdsmy coat over it to keep j
in. Carried the pistol to Rogers drug
! store and locked it up in drawer / have
there. The next day gave it to Mayor
McGili. Ibid not know that difficulty was
expected that night did not see Gambrell
, , that night or that day. Do not remember
10 have lseen Figures when / returned to
Heaphy's after the shooting; first re-
member tolhave seen him next that night at
Stewards drug store; l asked him to go
west with me. The pistol was so heavy
and so much IN my way, that was anxious
TO get rid of it; hence was anxious TO 20
west Figures staid with me at my house
on the edge of town, where | sometimes
stay. Don't remember to have seen Chas.
Fitzgerald on the night of the homicide.
Figures and l have been at Lawrence
House since 9th day of December last.
Took the pistol from Hamilton on north
side and west end of bridge; did not have
the pistol out in my hand that night after
| putting II in my pocket, till pat it away.
| Do not know who was with Hamilton at
| Lawrence House. When FIRST shots were
| 6redlI jumped back and Figures said, Look
out, you'll get shot," and seemed to try TO
get In Heaphy's store showed the pistol to
Mr.. Brown at Mayors Office next day. l
delivered it to Coroner's Jury. When l
| went back to the body. staid there until
the same was moved, when Mr.. Subway,
Carraway and myself walked in front of
the parties carrying him. We met broth
er of deceased who asked Carraway if his
brother was dead, and Carraway remarked
| that he was breathing. Never before saw
/ the pistol that Hamilton had. Loaned
Mr.. Perrin Smith 4 Wesson double action
pistol with a cherry handle at the same
time there was a white handle pistol in my
bar-room belonging TO Mr.. Richards. Over
a hundred pistols have been temporarily
left in my bsr-room. The white handle
pistol which Richards left at my bar-room
was shorter than the large pistol now
shown me. paid but little attention to
it, TheIpistol handed me by Hamilton
that night was empty. l did not examine
II then. 1t was bloody from one end to
the other. l think that the blood must
have dried some, as | did not get any on
INV hands. Witness pocket was then ex
and showed a stain of some character.
Witness said that he did not use tobacco
and that none had been in his pocket; saw
Cadwallader at Lawrence House on
night of homicide. Witness was shown
two large white handle pistols, and he said
that he made no special examination of the
pistol. He thought that the one that had
heretofore been identified as Hsmilton's
pistol is the one he received from Hamil-
ton; said he never saw either of said PTS
tolls before the time he received the one
from Hamilton.
Cross-examined-Got the pistol from
Col Hamilton; il was bloody; put 1t IN my
pocket; Witnesses coat was here taken of
and examined for bloody stains. Witness
proceeding in answer to inquiries. Sees no
blood on the coat; got possession of the
pistol three or four minutes after shooting;
saw five empty barrels; didn't revolve 1t to
see if sixth empty. Told Carraway l had
the pistol, what must l do with it'll
Didn't wrap the pistol up that night.
Wrapped it up in Times Democrat
when carrying it to coroner's iuryi look
ing towards the shots when 1 heard them;
saw black object; saw no carriage; heard
none run off; couldn't see the carriage but
did see the man; can't see straight through
the bridge; the man was standing about ten
steps from the big bridge. l was about
two feet east of Heaphey's door. After the
third shot saw a man retreating; | was run
ming south and looking northeast; man
was standing near the big bridge; can't
tell how near, could not locate the man;
couldn't tell whether he was five, ten, TWEEN
ty, thirty, forty or fifty feet, but he was
near the big bridge; he wasn't much as
thirty feet, or less than twenty feet; that's
about it, There would not have been
anything in the way of my seeing car
riage had it been Immediately south of the
man; the first shots seemed to me to go
east; the shots looked like they went be-
tween the southwest corner and the south
east corner; can't describe flash; didn't
look like a flash of lightning or an electric
light: looked like the flash of pistol; it
was not long; nothing but excitement kept
me from seeing any carriage had one been
there; saw the man and flash at the same
time; can't recollect whether L saw or heard
the flash first. Didn't say | knew which
way the man shot, but it looked to me that
way; think 1 said l saw the man at the
same time | saw the shot; the sound or flash
drew my attention first; can't tell whether
the fash or sound attracted my attention;
didn't see but one black object when the
first shot was fired saw another when |
was crossing {; the shot went as If it would
have hit one of row of men standing
across west end of bridge it looked that
way the man was between me and flash T;
know the flash went sorter southeast /;
the flash passed by the man don't know
that turned round when | saw the FIRST
flash, and don't undertake to say. Can't tell
whether the second fash went up; flash don't
90; i: stops when il comes out OF the pistol;
it seemed to go from the black object, in
southeast direction; il il went from the OBJ
Ject il could not go up or down; didn't
hear any carriage roll off the bridge and
didn't see any; can't say whether any car
riage passed him and Figures; has an i'm
preston that carriage going east, passed
him, but can't say at what point-some-
where between Lawrence House and the
bridge; jumped back at first shot to get out
of the way of the bullets; was not expect
ing any shooting from other end; at third
shot / jumped across the street-run across
the street; had jumped back before | ran;
didn't have time to think; / was running
SOUTH didn't see any shooting from middle
of street across sidewalk; shots were going
east and west-they seemed to be; some 8
or nine or ten shots were fired. The first
two shots were fired az fast as man could
pull trigger. Heard cry after the third
shot. Heard no beating and saw no beat
ing. Think | was some eighty or ninety
yards of, directly opposite where | crossed.
All the shots were over before | had got
entirely across. After shooting saw a man
walking up foot bridge, and crowd gather
ing. My testimony was taken before coro-
ner's jury and told the truth. | answered
all the questions they asked me. Didn't
| sign statement because it was not ready
before my arrest and after my arrest when
it was ready counsel told me not to sign
it. Walked his usual walk past Winters
store-neither fast nor slow. Went to the
train to see Wolfe's boy. Had no other
business there. Did not see him because
he was in the sleeper. When leaving train
went round north end of depot. Didn':
see Wolfe's wounded boy. Saw his brother.
Pending this cross-examination the court
adjourned till a. m. tomorrow.